20100929

ENCAUSTIC IN PROGRESS

My first encaustic painting in progress...I like where this one is going. That white stripe across the lower middle is artist's tape, and it's purposely tilted. I wanted the black field to have a hard edge.

As you can see, I tried adding a layer of unpigmented encaustic medium, to see what would happen. I ended up scraping it off because- well, it only looks like white wax spread over the top- not the look I was aiming for. It's much better now (I don't have a photo of its present state). This painting is nearly finished. I'll post once it's complete.

Studio's still a bit bare. I have stuff stored along the walls on the floor because I haven't got around to installing shelves yet.

Michele-The tape is covering the rest of the lower colors (browns, greys). Guess I should have removed the tape before photo-ing. The black part is now roughly textured and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I got the effect by layering different blacks (the difference in hues is probably barely perceptible even in person, but I feel it adds some depth). I sort of scumbled the paint on, hence the texture. Of course that was after the photo was taken, and after I scraped away the offending top layer of plain wax!